Garment stretcher and hanger.



S. WOOD & D. F. BURRAGE. GARMENT STRBTCHBR AND HANGER. APPLICATION FILEDAPRJZ, 1912,

1,051,048; Patented .13011.21, 1913.

Fig b SYDNEY WOOD AND DONALD F. BURRAGE, 0F LONDON, ENGLAND; SAID WOODASSIGNOR TO OWEN PICTON DAVIES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GARMENT STRETCI-IER AND HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

Application filed April 12, 1912. Serial No. 690,263.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, SYDNEY WOOD and DONALD FERGUSON BURRAGE, subjectsof the King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Garment Stretchers and Hangers, of whichthe following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to that type of trousers stretcher having atelescopic rod the two parts of which may be pulled apart by hand toproduce the necessary stretching.

The object of the present invention is to simplify the construction ofsuch apparatus and to render it more convenient in use.

One of the clamps may be of such a shape that it will act as a coatcarrier and both clamps are so constructed that they may be rapidlyopened and closed and may be adjusted to take various thicknesses oftrousers or more than one pair of trousers.

The apparatus is also preferably pro-vided with means for supporting ahat and with means whereby it may be suspended from a peg or from thetop of a door.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a front elevation parts being omitted, and Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section of the upper part of the apparatus drawn tothe same scale as Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section ofthe other end of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of part ofthe stretching device. Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the clamps andFig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the clampingmembers.

The telescopic rod is made of two pieces of metal b, b1, of squarechannel section, the part b1 tting within the part b. The pawl b4 ispivoted to the part o and engages the rack b2, which is riveted orotherwise fixed to the Vpart b1.

Each clamp consists of two parts a, al, hinged together at a, and theupper clam, is so curved that it may be conveniently used for carrying acoat or like garment. It will be observed that the upper clamp isprovided with a curved part a3 to fit the shoulders or top of a coat orlike garment. The parts a and a3 of the upper clamp are bored to receivea wire, part of which, c1, acts as a hat peg, as seen in Figs. l and 2.The part a of the upper clamp has a. short slot a5 into which the hatpeg 01 enters when the peg is turned at right angles to the plane of itsclamp. For packing, t-he peg c1 is withdrawn from the slot a5 and isturned into the plane of the clamp, as seen in Fig. l. It will benoticed that the ring c2 is in the same plane as the peg 01. Theapparatus may be suspended by the ring c2 being placed over a nail, orby the claw c3 which may be placed on top of a door. The part a of eachclamp is of channel section or grooved, and the walls of the groove arerounded so that they will not damage the trousers or mark them to anygreat degree` Each clamp is 'secured after it has been closed by a screwa carried by the part al. The top a7 of the screw a6 is bent at a rightangle to the main part of the screw so that it may pass through a slotas in the part a of the clamp. After the head a7 of the screw has passedthrough the slot as, it is turned at an angle to the slot and thusretains the two parts of clamp in their clamping position. The screw asmay be screwed more or less into the part al to accommodate variousthicknesses of cloth. The clamps are each connected to the two parts b,b1, of the telescopic rod by means of a slotted plate b5 arranged at acertain distance from the channel member portion of the rods andconsisting of a prolongation of the bottom wall of the channel member.rEhe parts a1 are each formed to fit at one part between the plate b5and the end of the channel member as shown at Figs. 2 and 3. The partsal are each provided with a screw a which fits the slot in the plate 225and is secured therein by a binding nut 0,10.

We claim as our invention:

1. In a trousers-stretcher, the combination of two square channelmembers one fitting within the other, a rack iiXed along the interior ofthe inner channel member, a pawl pivoted to the upper part of the wallsof the outer channel member and engaging the said rack, a slotted platecarried by a prolongation of the bottom wall of each channel member andarranged at a certain distance from the end of each channel member, twoclamps each having a part located between one slotted plate and the endof the channel member, a screw carried by each clamp and passing throughone of the slotted plates, and a nut on each screw for fixing the clampsin position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a trousers-stretcher, the combination of two square channelmembers one fitting within the other, a rack fixed along the interior ofthe inner channel member, a pawl pivoted to t-he upper parts of thewalls of the outer channel member and engaging the said rack, a slottedplate carried by a prolongation of the bottom wall of each channelmember and arranged at a certain distance from the end of each channelmember, two clamps each having a part located between the slotted plateandthe end of the channel member, a screw carried by each clamp andpassing through the slotted plate, a nut on each screw for fixing eachclamp, the end of one member of each clamp being slotted, a screwcarried by the end lof the other member of each clamp and passingthrough the slotted member, and a part of the screw bent at right anglesto the main part to keep the clamp closed, substantially as set forth.

3. In a trousers-stretcher, the combination of two square channelmembers one fitting within the other, a rack carried by one member and apawl carried by the other member, a slotted plate carried by aprolongation of the bottom wall of each channel member, two clamps eachconsisting of two parts hinged together at one end, one part beinggrooved and the walls of the groove being rounded, each clamp having ascrew which passes through the Said slotted plate and a nut on saidscrew by which the clampis fixed, substantially as Set forth.

4L. In a trousers-stretcher, the combination of two square channelmembers, one fitting within the other, a pawl carried by one channelmember and a rack carried by the other channel member, a slotted platecarried by an extension of the bottom wall of Veach channel member, aclamp located between each slotted plate and the channel member, a screwcarried by one member of each clamp passing through the said slottedplate, a nut on said screw by which the clamp is fixed, each clampconsisting of a grooved part and a part fitting within said groove, saidparts being hinged together at one end, one part having a slotted end, ascrew carried by the end of the other part, said screw passing throughthe said slotted end and having a part bent at right angles to keep theclamp closed, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twowitnesses.

SYDNEY VOOD. DONALD F. BURRAGE. Witnesses:

WVM. GIRLING, H. D JAMESON.

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